gelatin
gelatin
[ˈdʒɛlətɪn]
(亦作 gelatine -tiːn)
noun
[mass noun]
[ˈdʒɛlətɪn]
(亦作 gelatine -tiːn)
noun
[mass noun]
- a virtually colourless and tasteless water-soluble protein prepared from collagen and used in food preparation as the basis of jellies, in photographic processes, and in glue
明胶，白明胶，胶，动物胶，骨胶
■(一般作 blasting gelatin)a high explosive consisting chiefly of a gel of nitroglycerine with added cellulose nitrate
炸胶，爆胶
- early 19th cent.: from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from gelata, from Latin (see jelly)
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